peer-to-peer file transfer and storage

Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-05), compared with the prior 5.3 months.

horizontal · 176 members · Data as of 2026-10-08

These products provide lightweight utilities for direct file sharing, decentralized storage, and instant drag-and-drop hosting. They are primarily used by developers and privacy-focused users seeking minimal-permission, self-hosted, or cost-effective alternatives to mainstream cloud storage providers. Unlike full-scale enterprise content management platforms, this cluster centers on ad-hoc transfers, peer-to-peer protocols, and frictionless deployment workflows.

Metrics

Stage: crowded
Recent count: 135
Prior count: 20
Total count: 176
Momentum: 300.00
Attention: 0.32
Crowding: 0.67
Concentration: 0.80
Opportunity: 0.46

Opportunity components

Attention: 0.32
Low crowding: 0.33
Momentum (normalized): 1.00
Low concentration: 0.20

Source split

github: 6 (0.04)
hn: 19 (0.14)
ph: 109 (0.81)
yc: 1 (0.01)

Dominant source: ph · Divergence: 0.80

Similar niches

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image processing and conversion tools (0.39)
digital media and web utilities (0.38)
media conversion and playback utilities (0.38)
video and audio processing tools (0.37)

Monthly trajectory

Members

Name	Source	Upvotes ▼	Launched
Vercel Drop	PH	459	2026-06-13
Cloudflare Drop	PH	372	2026-07-11
Explore what the browser exposes about you	HN	275	2025-11-24
Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead	HN	252	2026-04-07
Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions	HN	211	2026-07-31
Smmall Cloud for iOS	PH	186	2026-06-07
Streaming gigabyte medical images from S3 without downloading them	HN	161	2026-01-17
just f***ing send it	PH	155	2026-06-19
Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup	HN	109	2026-09-17
Pion/handoff	HN	101	2026-04-07
Buddy Drop	PH	96	2026-10-01
Aktar	PH	94	2026-09-30
Air-gapped file encryption as self-decrypting HTML page	HN	90	2026-09-24
Punch	PH	89	2026-09-19
Pair2FA	PH	65	2026-09-25
Zs3	HN	42	2025-12-29
Syq	HN	41	2026-09-10
teledrive	GITHUB	34	2026-09-10
Artie Free Plan: real-time data replication for $0/mo	YC	33	2026-08-20
yggstore	GITHUB	31	2026-10-05
Stelvio	HN	31	2026-02-02
A Unix environment in a single HTML file (420 KB)	HN	30	2026-02-18
omdrop-plugin	GITHUB	30	2026-09-15
Flashpaper	HN	25	2026-07-28
Pushie	HN	22	2026-09-14
HTMLDrive	HN	22	2026-07-07
Ellipticc Drive	HN	21	2025-10-30
Filemat	HN	18	2026-05-27
Byteport - Transfer Large Files 2-10x Faster than TCP	YC	17	2026-03-02
snapdrop	GITHUB	17	2026-09-14
Engye	HN	15	2026-06-28
I made a private self-destructing image hosting site in Golang	HN	15	2026-08-04
Zynk, a Fast, P2P Encrypted File Transfers and Messaging Across Devices	HN	14	2025-12-19
Altersend	HN	14	2026-06-05
Socket to Me, a static file server that runs in the browser	HN	14	2026-06-22
rarftp	GITHUB	12	2026-09-29
rackscope	GITHUB	11	2026-09-30
Opbox	HN	11	2026-07-03
sd-report-collector	GITHUB	11	2026-10-05
Self-hosted lightweight file sharing app. (folderhost)	HN	10	2026-02-23
I wrote a ~2KB executable file HTTP file downloader without Libc	HN	9	2026-03-29
ButterShare	PH	9	2026-09-26
BamBuddy	HN	9	2026-03-19
Bucket	HN	9	2026-01-25
lightremote	GITHUB	8	2026-09-29
Zas	PH	8	2026-10-07
Hidetext.sh	HN	7	2026-07-11
Wormhole.page	HN	6	2026-03-22
HushOS Drive	PH	6	2026-09-18
Agam Space	HN	6	2026-01-18